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IB

DNA extraction from fresh fruit

 

 

 

Outward Bound

 

 

  

 

 

International Baccalaureate Program

Experience the Difference

Our IB diploma rate is 93 percent, compared to the global average of 80 percent. We have graduated 14 classes of IB diploma candidates, many of whom enroll in the most competitive colleges and universities in the United States. For more information about our IB graduates, visit the College Information page (purple box at right).

 

IB application for Fall 2014 entrance

The IB Application for students starting 9th grade in Fall 2014 will be available here in early October 2013. Please check back at that time.

IB admissions decisions are made AFTER students have been accepted for open enrollment to Littleton High School (if open enrollment is applicable). When a student has been accepted for enrollment, AND the IB application is complete, we will make IB admissions decisions. See the Enrollment page of the website for open enrollment forms and procedures.

IB letters are sent beginning in early February.

 

History of IB at Littleton

In 1997, Littleton High School applied to become an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program school. After approval, the first class of 14 students graduated in 1999 and had a 100 percent passing rate: all students earned their IB diploma.

Since then, the program has flourished. In May 2013, 44 seniors sat for their IB diplomas. Our recent graduates attend universities as diverse as Yale, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, American, Georgetown, Duke, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Wash U- St. Louis, Cal Poly, Tufts, Marquette, Creighton, Gonzaga, Lehigh, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, Williams College, University of Denver, Colorado College, University of Colorado and Colorado State, among many others.

Every year, our graduates gain entrance to the most competitive colleges and universities in the nation.

Littleton's IB diploma rate is 93 percent; the worldwide diploma rate is about 80 percent.

More than a third of Littleton High School's teachers have attended intensive IB training that covers curriculum and assessments.

Through the years, our curriculum offerings have grown along with the program. For World Langauges, we offer French and Spanish; for Science we offer Biology HL and Chemistry SL; for mathematics, we offer Math HL and two courses of Math SL; for the Arts we offer HL and SL Theater, Visual Arts (2D and 3D), Music, as well as Psychology, Philosophy and Design Technology as Sixth Subjects. All students take the HL Language A1 (Literature) course and HL History. Students take six courses over the course of their junior and senior years, and complete the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge course, and 150 hours of Creativity, Action, and Service.

Please see IB Academics for details about course offerings and curriculum.

 

We are proud to be one of the 2,380 IB Diploma Programs in 143 countries around the globe.

 

       

  
IB Learner Profile

The International Baccalaureate Organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, has identified 10 traits of IB learners:

  • inquirers
  • knowledgeable
  • thinkers
  • communicators
  • principled
  • open-minded
  • caring
  • risk-takers
  • balanced
  • reflective

Much of our work at Littleton High School, particularly within the IB, is rooted in these qualities as we prepare to send citizens out into the 21st-century world post-graduation.

 Flower dissection lab

Senior biology students learn to identify flower parts, gender, reproductive traits, means of pollination, and more. They dissect various flowers, count the petals, examine the parts with the human eye and a microscope, and sketch their discoveries.
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